Native angelino, Brian Duck met Lauren Nukes in 2004 while working on a Target catalogue in Palm Springs. 2 years later, Atelier Management was born to become a full-scale firm, representing some of the most relevant  photographers (Christopher Sturman, Andrew Yee, Roger Davies and David Roemer are some of my personal favorites,) hair stylists, makeup artists, wardrobe, and set designers around.  Today, their noteworthy client include: Vogue, Elle, Vanity Fair, Elie Tahari, Calvin Klein, Jill Stuart, BCBG, Apple, 20^th Century Fox, Warner Brothers Pictures, Fox Television, Rolling Stone and Universal Pictures, just to name a few.

We recently sat down with Brian to discuss Atelier’s POV and creative direction for the coming year.  The result – a little exercise we call “If Design Were …”

Let’s get into Brian’s head, shall we:

 

SY: If design were an object?

BD: A doorknob

 

SY: …a song?

BD: Jóga by Björk

 

SY: … a film?

BD: Black Narcissus

 

SY: …a memory?

BD: San Francisco in 1974

 

SY: …a moment?

BD: Claes Oldenburg

 

SY: …an era?

BD: Now

 

SY: …a place?

BD: Palm Springs

 

SY: …a time of day?

BD: Sunset

 

SY: …a Person?

BD: Edith Head

 

SY: …an animal?

BD: Zebra

 

SY: …a city?

BD: Chicago

 

SY: …a food?

BD: Waffle

 

SY: …a fetish?

BD: Hitchcock

 

SY…an artist?

BD: Nick Cave

 

SY…a language?

BD: Love